On November 26, 2018, NASA is expected to land its newest lander, known as Mars Insight – Insight stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The name indicates some of the primary[…]
Tag: science
Book of Nature, Ep. 31: Artificial Intelligence
In this episode, Charles Hackney hosts a discussion among the Book of Nature trio in which they explore the concept of artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence today represents an incredibly active research field in the view[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 30: Psycho
In this episode, the Book of Nature co-host Charles Hackney, and the Christian Feminist Podcast’s Victoria Reynolds Farmer and Sara Klooster tackle the film that arguably is Alfred Hitchcock’s best and most profoundly disturbing: Psycho. […]
Book of Nature, Ep. 29: Twister
In this episode, the Book of Nature guys tackle a movie that gave audiences nightmarish (yet comical) visions of flying cows – and gave birth in subsequent years to films starring whirlwinds full of sharks,[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 28: Volcanos!
In this episode from Summer, 2018, the Book of Nature guys tackle a subject that has been on many peoples’ minds for much of 2018 given events in Hawaii at Mt. Kilauea – the subject[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 27: Star Trek
In this episode, recorded in May, 2018, the Book of Nature Hosts get their Trek on, and explore the whole Star Trek franchise, from The Original Series to Discovery, and all things in between. Enjoy[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 26: Arrival
In this episode (recorded this past spring) the Book of Nature trio explore the short science fiction story, “The Story of Your Life”, by Ted Chiang, and the recent film based upon the story, Arrival.[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 25: Moon vs. Mars
In this episode, the Book of Nature crew examines the question – possibly reinvigorated recently by the launch of Falcon Heavy, the next step en route to a heavy lift vehicle capable of Mars launches[…]
Book of Nature, Ep. 24: CRISPR/CAS-9 and Gene Editing
In this episode, Dan and Todd, with the help of Sectarian Review’s Danny Anderson, take a peek at genetic editing, and in particular the CRISPR system, which is a hot topic in recent studies of[…]
Booklets of Nature, Ep. 2: Falcon Heavy
On February 6, 2018, between 1:30pm and 4:30pm EST, SpaceX plans to launch its Falcon Heavy launch vehicle for the first time, after having successfully tested the rocket in a January 24 static engine test at[…]